Ezekiel 15:4
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Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work?

it is cast

Psalm 80:16 Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Isaiah 27:11 Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.

John 15:6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch and shall wither: and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire: and he burneth.

Hebrews 6:8 But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt.

the fire

Isaiah 1:31 And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

Amos 4:11 I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Is it meet [heb] Will it prosper

Context
Jerusalem the Useless Vine
3Shall wood be taken of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon? 4Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work?5Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?…
Cross References
Isaiah 27:11
Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.

Ezekiel 15:3
Shall wood be taken of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon?

Ezekiel 15:5
Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?

Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 19:14
And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.

Lexicon
No,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

it is cast
נִתַּ֣ן (nit·tan)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

into the fire
לָאֵ֖שׁ (lā·’êš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

for fuel.
לְאָכְלָ֑ה (lə·’āḵ·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 402: Food, eating

The fire
הָאֵשׁ֙ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

devours
אָכְלָ֤ה (’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

both
שְׁנֵ֨י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

ends,
קְצוֹתָ֜יו (qə·ṣō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7098: A termination

and the middle
וְתוֹכ֣וֹ (wə·ṯō·w·ḵōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

is charred.
נָחָ֔ר (nā·ḥār)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2787: To be hot or scorched, to burn

Can it be useful
הֲיִצְלַ֖ח (hă·yiṣ·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward

for anything?
לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (lim·lā·ḵāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property


Additional Translations
No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for any work?

Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [any] work?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it profitable for any work?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it suitable for any work?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?

Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?
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